Historic Mafia trial in Italy: 200 sentenced to 2200 years bnn-news.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bnn-news.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In what is being hailed as Italy's biggest mafia trial in three decades, an Italian court has delivered convictions and sentences to over 200 people, marking a significant blow against the notorious 'Ndrangheta.
This "maxi trial" concluded after three years in a high-security courtroom in Calabria, specially designed to accommodate the extensive network associated with the powerful organized crime syndicate.
Italy’s largest mafia trial in three decades has begun, with 900 witnesses testifying against more than 350 people, including politicians and officials charged with being members of the powerful ’Ndrangheta. A high-security 1,000-capacity courtroom with cages to hold the defendants has been built by Italian authorities in the Calabrian city of Lamezia Terme. Despite its symbolic importance, the opening day was largely procedural, with Judge.